Unemployment remains much higher for black women. Still, they also benefited from last month's hiring gains: their jobless rate declined to 11.6 percent from 12.2 percent in March.

April was not as kind to opposite sex. Unemployment for adult men rose to 7.1 percent, up from 6.9 percent in March. The rate for white men increased to 6.4 percent from 6.1 percent. The rate for black men dipped only slightly, to 12.6 percent from 12.7 percent.

The economy added 165,000 jobs in April. The increase helped cut the U.S. unemployment rate to 7.5 percent, the lowest since December 2008.

Missy Franklin, Jenny Simpson, Adeline Gray and three other Colorado women could be big players at the 2016 Rio OlympicsWhen people ask Missy Franklin for her thoughts about the Summer Olympics that will begin a year from Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, she hangs a warning label on her answer.